“How would you know? Everything’s like sex. It’s the universal metaphor. To pick a lock, let me guess, you have to go slow at first, but then you have to pull off some fancy moves, and you have to stay concentrated, and you have to stick something in something, right?” KnowsFirstsMovingSexPicksUniversalLet MeSticksMetaphorFancyLocks Author:Ned Vizzini
“digital hub (center of our universe) is moving from PC to cloud - PC now just another client alongside iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, ... - Apple is in danger of hanging on to old paradigm too long (innovator's dilemma) - Google and Microsoft are further along on the technology, but haven't quite figured it out yet - tie all of our products together, so we further lock customers into our ecosystem” LongTogetherMovingUniverseTechnologyHavensDangerProductsCloudsCustomersTiesApplesDigitalClientsGoogleLocksParadigmDilemmaMicrosoftIphoneEcosystemsInnovatorsIpodsIpadsHanging OnHub Author:Steve Jobs
“If Americans actually have the conversation about our disastrous prison policies, we'll understand the trends all move in very dangerous directions: we lock up more people, for less violent crime, at ever greater expense, breeding more dangerous criminals who often come out unemployable, violent and isiolated.” PeopleIfsMovingGreaterDangerousCrimePolicyConversationPrisonCriminalsViolentExpensesTrendsLocksBreedingViolent CrimesLock Up Author:Dahlia Lithwick
“I think time is a constraint to destroy and then reinvent. If you give me a constraint, I'll accept it. But I always try to move it around, or to readapt it. Ecco! If you lock me in a room, well I'll go out through the window! I always remember Achille Castiglioni, one of my mentors, and he always said that in industrial design you have the idea, the fantasy, the concepts - that's the marmalade! - but the constraint of the brief is the bread. You need both in order to find structure for your ideas.” IfsThinkingNeedsGivingTryingWellsSaidIdeasRememberMovingOrderRoomsAcceptingFantasyDesignConceptsWindowGive MeStructureBreadMentorLocksConstraintsAchillesIndustrial DesignMarmalade Author:Patricia Urquiola
“Loving the self, to me, begins with never ever criticizing ourselves for anything. Criticism locks us into the very pattern we are trying to change. Understanding and being gentle with ourselves helps us to move out of it. Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” TryingYearsHas BeensSelfHelpingHappensRememberMovingUnderstandingSelf HelpCriticismPatternsGentleCriticizeLocksRemember YouRemembers YouTrying To ChangeApproving Author:Louise Hay
“Isn't it strange how life won't flow, like a river, but moves in jumps, as if it were held back by locks that are opened now and then to let it jump forwards in a kind of flood?” IfsKindMovingStrangeFlowRiversNow And ThenFloodLocks Book:Clear light of day Source: Clear light of day